diff --git a/tests/example1_macro.mod b/tests/example1_macro.mod
index fb63169454c16531fca6069866d617dea9a6102d..460c98603364abe40a784562d7e61122874a34f0 100644
--- a/tests/example1_macro.mod
+++ b/tests/example1_macro.mod
@@ -169,8 +169,8 @@ stoch_simul;
 @#error "String comparison"
 @#endif
 
-@#define A = "La crise �conomique"
-@#if A[1,8,3,7,4,10,13,2,5,16,12,9,11,14,15,6,17:19] != "Le sc�nario comique"
+@#define A = "La crise economique"
+@#if A[1,8,3,7,4,10,13,2,5,16,12,9,11,14,15,6,17:19] != "Le scenario comique"
 @#error "Problem with string indexing/comparison"
 @#endif